The Ultimate Guide to Summer Camp for Houston Kids & Teens

Meet Texas’ favorite summer camp! With one, two, and three week sessions and over 45 activity choices, Camp Olympia is the ultimate overnight camp experience for boys and girls ages 6-16.

Located 95 miles north of Houston, Camp Olympia provides the perfect setting for fun and adventure along Lake Livingston in the Pineywoods. Campers make friends and gain independence while building teamwork and leadership skills through a customized camp experience and counselor mentorship. Join Camp Olympia families from around the world who have created lasting summer memories for over 50 years.

Our language immersion summer camp is catered for kiddos of all levels of fluency. We work with hands-on activities on the target language to make the immersion process super fun!

Kids are introduced to their second language with a great morning routine that includes songs, games, and vocabulary! If your child has never been immersed before, don’t worry! Our amazing teachers work with different levels of fluency in the same classroom all year.

Camp Champions has created a tradition of excellence since 1967. This beautiful camp on Lake LBJ offers the fantastic activities and best-trained counselors that you expect from a top overnight summer camp. However, it is our developmental focus on building strong kids that most differentiates Camp Champions from other top camps in Texas. Camp Champions specializes in two and three-week sessions where we create a loving community in a tech-free environment.

See www.campchampions.com for details.

Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Sign Language, and English Immersion Summer Camps

Learning another language has never been so much fun! Early childhood is the best time to learn another language. Maximize your child’s window of opportunity and give them the gift of bilingualism this summer with our fun and engaging language immersion camps. With more than two decades of language teaching experience under our belt, we are masters at teaching languages to children in innovative and fun ways. A different thematic unit is offered every week and tailored for each age group. Our play-based engaging immersion camps will provide an unforgettable language-learning experience for your child!

In-person and virtual camp options. Multiple locations, including The Heights, Galleria, Memorial, Meyerland, Montrose, Sugar Land, and Energy Corridor.

Extended schedules and payment plans are available.

Camp Dates are June-August 2023

For 29 years, Kidventure has been Houston’s premier summer day and overnight camp for children ages 3-16 years. Choose from 16 Day Camp locations across the Houston area and Overnight Camps in the Texas Hill Country.

Register today!

Elite University Summer Camps is a school-aged Texas based educational program serving ages 5 – 13. EUSC specializes in providing the following camps: adventure camp, medical science, culinary arts, horseback riding, veterinary science, mixed media art, fencing, archery, karate, creative drama, robotics, gymnastics, and aerospace engineering. Each camp is designed to bring a real-world experience to young minds.

Live Life in COLOR this Summar at a creative ART Camp at Cordovan Art School!

Professional teachers will guide your kids on an awesome adventure in over 40 fun-themed weekly camps which include, “Talk to the Animals” (live animals), “Video Game Art”, “Super Heros and Villains”, “Fantasy Art”, “Sea Life”, “Anime” and more, in a fun, friendly environment. Kids will experience innovative use of techniques in clay, watercolor, acrylics, pottery, pastels, paper mache, sculpture and more.

Thousands of kids have attended what has been voted the “Best Art Camps” in Houston! Live Life in COLOR this summer with us at Cordovan!

Get ready for an unforgettable experience at Creator Camp! Immerse yourself in a world of creativity and technology where you’ll have the chance to make amazing films, animations, YouTube videos, Minecraft mods, Roblox games, AI machine learning models and more!

Our in-person, hands-on camps are designed specifically for students aged 6-13, offering them a unique opportunity to learn from college-level instructors and create their very own projects in real-time.

Located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, T Bar M Camps is a Christian summer camp for kids, teens and families!

This program is designed to foster growth, both spiritually and personally, while providing a safe and fun environment. T Bar M offers overnight camps in New Braunfels (1st-6th grade) and on Lake Travis (7th-11th grade). Plus, if you’re looking for fun for the whole family, consider Family Camp!

Blackwood Nature Camp is a week-long overnight camp for ages 8-14 in Hempstead, TX.

Our goal is simple: get kids outside and active! Campers enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, swimming (swim test required), paddle boarding, archery, and forest games. They take classes like natural dyeing, cane-pole fishing, and cooking. They learn about wildlife in workshops hosted by local experts. They stargaze, tell stories, and roast s’mores at night by the campfire.

Where SUMMER FUN takes flight! Campers ages 8 – 14 explore aircraft, work in flight simulators, have hands-on activities with aircraft equipment and MUCH MORE! Before and after camp care is available, along with lunch order options.

Grab your flight plan and get ready for a summer adventure! Camps include Crafty Aircraft, Pilot Maker, Aces and Legends…and NEW FOR 2023, Aero Derby Dash, Fly Girls and Go Zero G!

Registration is NOW OPEN at lonestarflight.org/camps!

Museum members save $25! Join today at lonestarflight.org/membership.

Vivaldi Music Academy’s summer camps offer exciting opportunities for all levels of musicians.

With camps tailored to different age groups, children aged 4 to 6 can join the Music Explorer Camp, while those aged 7 to 12 can learn about a specific instrument. Participants receive instruction, collaborate with peers, learn music theory, and boost their confidence.

At the end of the week, participants showcase their skills in a final performance. The cost is $350 per week, and interested individuals are encouraged to sign up soon.

The Houston Rockets and adidas are excited to host three Skills Development Camps this summer! Youth basketball players ages 10 to 16 will work on their agility, shooting, dribbling, and footwork with highly trained coaches and a curriculum created by Rockets legend Matt Bullard!

The camp will last from 9am to 3pm each day. All attendees will receive five days of skilled basketball training, a camp t-shirt, NBA strength and conditioning training adidas gear, appearances from Clutch (the Rockets’ mascot) and a Rockets player or legend, and two tickets to a Rockets home game during the 2023-24 season (game availability will be sent to campers after schedule is released.)